2012 Improvements, Additions, and Changes. Leaks and Announcements

I am not at all understanding the logic of dropping that booth so low that people can no longer walk under it. It certainly does look like it's being re-attached to the same footers.

...and as I type this the webcam refreshes and I see the crane has come back. Wonder what they're getting ready to do with it now.

edit: and they pulled it back off and its sitting in the middle of the midway

Crane operator must get paid buy how many lift and drops they do!

That booth is probably not going to stay where it is. To me, it looks as though they removed it from the stilts, and set it down, where it'll await transport (perhaps with one or both of the remaining booths).

You're right, Jeff. "Iconic" wasn't probably the best adjective to describe the view.

I think of Millenium Force as an icon of Cedar Point. I found this newly opened view of it to be iconic, or representing an icon. Maybe "epic" or "picture-perfect" would have been better. Sorry. :(

My guess is that they are going to be using the control towers for somewhere else and they just put control booth #1 up on some blocks so it isn't sitting on the actual ground...Just like how they do for new coaster track and coaster trains in the off season.

Parking also has gone up to $12 for the season.

http://www.cedarpoint.com/tickets/#

^^ Parking was up to $12 last year around Halloweekends. Thank God I have a Platinum pass :)

I am glad to see what they are doing with the Beach. The only concern for the Lake is the ALGAE. It kills fish, and I wonder if it would hurt people too.

Does anyone have webcam picture of this from earlier?

I really wish they moved the webcam to the other side by the train station. It's hard to see the actually stage being built from that angle with Coasters in the way.

so looking at the webcams reminds me of something small they could do to make a big improvement! Power wash all the concrete. you can tell whats old and dirty and what sections have been replaced. Give it a good power wash and it make it all look the same, I don't get the sections where it looks like someone painted swirls with a power washer it makes it look more dirty to me. Is this something someone was actually told to do or just someone bored and playing around? dose anyone know? This is something simple that would make the park look newer and friendlier from front to back.

Shawn Meyer, somebody posted it on the previous page, but I copied and pasted the link for you to see . http://i.imgur.com/2laSx.jpg

KevinL332 said:
so looking at the webcams reminds me of something small they could do to make a big improvement! Power wash all the concrete. you can tell whats old and dirty and what sections have been replaced. Give it a good power wash and it make it all look the same, I don't get the sections where it looks like someone painted swirls with a power washer it makes it look more dirty to me. Is this something someone was actually told to do or just someone bored and playing around? dose anyone know? This is something simple that would make the park look newer and friendlier from front to back.

If you know the amount of man hours the park already puts into power washing and gum removal you would understand that a task that big is almost impossible. I think they already to a phenomenal job making the midways look clean, so I would much rather see them focus on other areas. It will get better over time, the other year they focused on removing ALL the gum that built up over the years and that resulted in the "swirls" all over the midways. Cedar point actually has a crew of people who run through the park overnight that power wash the midways. Now that the majority of the gum has been removed its not as noticeable.

Yes, power washing is unbeliebably time consuming if you do not want the streaks. Found that out cleaning my driveway last year. So while the swirls do look weird I can certainly see why they are there.

Not only time consuming but incredibly boring also.

Mr. Cedar Point said:
I am glad to see what they are doing with the Beach. The only concern for the Lake is the ALGAE. It kills fish, and I wonder if it would hurt people too.

Algae is harmless to the fish, unless there is an overwhelming amount of it that it is depleting all the oxygen. And as far as I'm educated, all algae does is taste bad if you get enough of it in your mouth.

If there was a risk, it wouldn't be just the beach around CP that was in trouble. Lake Erie is a very large body of water.

The algae blooms in Lake Erie are a byproduct of phosphorus running into the lake's tributaries, primarily caused by farmers but also by sewage treatment plants to a lesser extent. The very rainy spring we had last year really made the problem worse because of the increased runoff.

The algae can be toxic to humans, with high concentrations causing everything from gastrointestinal problems to damage to the liver and central nervous system. Just swimming in the lake will not cause a problem, you would have to ingest a fairly large amount of algae to get sick.

Hopefully, with the increased awareness of the problem of algae on the lake, progress will be made in reducing farm runoff into the lake. I have heard that farmers want to voluntarily make changes to avoid government regulation, but if that doesn't work, I expect regulations to come out that will force the appropriate changes. Money usually causes changes and the tourism industry on Lake Erie brings in a lot of money so the industry needs to be protected. That will expedite changes to reduce the algae problem.

TwistedWicker77 said:
Shawn Meyer, somebody posted it on the previous page, but I copied and pasted the link for you to see . http://i.imgur.com/2laSx.jpg

Thank you for responding back. I felt like everyone was ignoring me when I recently asked that question.

There seems to be a few extra cars on the Main Midway cam today. And that excavator seems to be eating up part of the midway, I wonder what's going on? Doesn't this seem like a little more than prep for Illuminosity, or am I just out of the loop?

They could be replacing some concrete. They did the same thing with a few sections of the midway in front of Pagoda last year. On another note, I'm curious what this 'big announcement' could be that was brought up in a tweet this morning. Hashtag: #ignitethenight...what's still unknown about it?